impacts of typhoon merbok

On September 17th, 2022, a major storm hit the Seward Peninsula creating devastating impacts to those along the peninsula, primarily the coast. The Nome-Council Highway was washed out in various areas destroying hundreds of properties and cabins. The resiliency of the people did not allow for this storm to take away culture. Luckily Knik Construction was already local with equipment on another Nome area project and immediately refocused on rebuilding the washed out highway. Not only did this storm wash out the roads, the storm also displaced the Okitkon Shelter cabin from it’s home location, inland several miles. Due to it’s current location and the retrieval efforts, the tribe was unsuccessful securing equipment and help to transport the cabin back to it’s home.

One tribal member experienced flooding in Nome during the storm. Many, many losses had occurred during this catastrophic aftermath typhoon which originated out of the northwestern Pacific ocean due to unusually warm waters which created the powerful tropical wind and rain storm.

For more article reads, please see below links to the Nome Nugget.

http://www.nomenugget.com/news/remnants-typhoon-merbok-pummel-region

http://www.nomenugget.com/news/regional-communities-hammered-ex-typhoon-merbok

http://www.nomenugget.com/news/nome-declares-disaster-region-seeks-state-and-federal-help

http://www.nomenugget.com/news/mega-storm-hits-region-causing-massive-destruction